By R "Ray" Wang on January 12, 2021
Virtual CES Kicks Off The Conference Season For 2021 Source: R Wang This year’s CES will be all virtual as with all pandemic events. Last year they brought in more than 171,000 guests, 6500 press and media, and had almost 3 million net square feet of exhibits with 4419 exhibiting companies. As one of the […]
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By Tom Raftery on September 4, 2013
As I was in Pennsylvania to attend SAP’s Analyst’s Base Camp event earlier this year, I took the opportunity to get a tour of the new LEED Platinum certified Headquarters building. I was shown around the building by the facilities manager, Jim Dodd, who informed me of the different steps taken to enable the structure […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged chiller, geothermal, Green building, green roof, grey water, ice, ice air conditioning, leed, leed platinum, plastic, radiant floor, recycling, sap, smart buildings, water
By Tom Raftery on April 16, 2013
If you checked out the New York Times Snow Fall site (the story of the Avalanche at Tunnel Creek), then Microsoft’s new 88 Acres site will look familiar. If you haven’t seen the Snow Fall site then go check it out, it is a beautiful and sensitive telling of a tragic story. You won’t regret […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Big Data, microsoft, microsoft smart building solution, microsoft smart building tool, muilding management systems, redmond, smart buildings, Smart Cities, smart corporate campus, smarter buildings, smarter cities
By Tom Raftery on June 16, 2011
Smart buildings are a topic I’m interested in and so I devote significant coverage to them on this blog. One of the reasons for that is that, for example, in the US alone, buildings are responsible for about 70% of the energy consumption and for about 40% of the greenhouse gases emitted and by 2025, […]
Posted in Technology / Software | Tagged ibm, ibm Intelligent Operations Center, Intelligent Operations Center, smart buildings, smarter buildings, smarter cities
By Tom Raftery on March 13, 2011
Above is a screenshot of one of the slides from HP’s webinar announcing their new Energy and Sustainability Management solution. What is most interesting about it for me is that, front and center there is a focus on Facilities and Buildings. We have already seen that IBM has identified Smarter Buildings as one of the […]
Posted in Featured Posts, Technology / Software | Tagged Energy and Sustainability Management, energy dashboard, hp, ibm, Léo Apotheker, Living PlanIT, Mark Hurd, smart buildings, smarter buildings, Sustainability
By Tom Raftery on October 18, 2010
I attended an IBM Analysts day last week in London where IBM briefed us on a number of announcements in the Smart buildings space. Why do we need smart buildings in the first place? What problem are they solving? Well, according to IBM, worldwide, buildings consume 42% of all electricity generated and by 2025 they […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged autodesk, Cisco, Eaton, energy efficiency, energy reduction, ESS, Honeywell Building Solutions, ibm, Johnson Controls, sap, schneider electric, Siemens Building Technologies Division, smart buildings
By Tom Raftery on March 23, 2010
I had a great chat about Smart Buildings the other day with IBM’s VP Energy and Environment, Rich Lechner. Why are smart buildings important? Well, as Rich says, in the US buildings are responsible for about 70% of the energy consumption and for about 40% of the greenhouse gases emitted. When you combine that with […]
Posted in Trends & Concepts | Tagged buildings, Energy, Greenhouse gas, ibm, smart buildings, Smart Planet, smarter planet, smarter urban infrastructure
